Improvement in potato-probes



A*aiuti @filth i To all 'whom 'it mary conce/m: Y

l `through a potato.

Jour AJ-BEA or W ATE Rr ono,r N E Wl Yo R K.

Lean-straten Nq. 112,312, dma March 7, isn.

iMPRovEMN-r INPo'rATo-Pnoez-:s

The `Schedule referred tp in Vthese Let-bers Patent yand making part of the same,

1 Be it known that I, JOHN A. Bent, of Waterford,

in the county of Saratoga and'State of New York,

`have invented a new and `useful-article oi' manufacture,

to Wit,` a Potato-Probe; and I do hereby7 declare that the Vfollowing `is a :ful1,"clear, and exact description thereof, `reference being had to the accompanying drawing making part of this speeic'ation,.in which- Fignrel is a perspectiveview of thel probe forced through a potato.

Figure 2 is a sectional view oifthe probe forced Figure 3 is a sectional view of a potato having a hole through it. l r

` Similar lettersxof` reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures. l

The object ot" my invention is `to provide a simple and cheap instrument, consisting of a tube applied to a suitable handle, by means'oi' which potatoes can be perforated before they are put into the pct to boil, thus allowing them tocook through infa comparatively short time without liability of `bursting and becoming watery.`

The following isa description of my nevv4 article of I manufacture. l

In the accompanying drawingt Arepresents a tube of suitable diameter and length, whichkisopen at both ends,and rwhich'is` applied to a handle, B. This tube is open at both ends to allow the cylinders cut out of potatoes to escape freely, and itis perforated at ditierent points between its ends to allow it to be readily cleaned after use.

The tube will be madeof tinned iron or-other snitable material, and it may be made slightly from its handle-end to its penetrating-end, which latter may,.if -desirable, be reduced to a sharp cuttinged e.

'glhis instrument is used by forcing it entirely through potatoes, through their longer axes, thus removing a Vportion of aeh potato, and leaving a hole, a, for the circulation of boiling water and steam.

,It is obvious that potatoesthus treated will cook in boiling water more rapidly than potatoes'not perforated,vand that they will not break or burstiu the water while cooking, as a freeescape of steam is permitted. n Y l I claim, as a new and improved article of manutanture- The Within-described potato-probe, consisting of a Witnesses:

"8. EMIGH,

D. W. VAN HOWENBURG,

tapering cutting-tube Aopen at both ends, and provided with a 

